Shipbreaking Jobs May Return to Tyne ; Yard in Talks to Bring Short-Term Work Back to Swans

Evening Chronicle › July 20, 2010

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PLANS to dismantle a ghost ship on Tyneside can today be revealed.

The Chronicle has learned North Tyneside Council is in talks to bring ship-breaking work to the historic Swan Hunter yard, which it bought for more than pounds 9m last year.

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Shipbreaking Jobs May Return to Tyne ; Yard in Talks to Bring Short-Term Work Back to Swans

Tory mayor Linda Arkley says the deal would bring the site back into use in the shortterm, creating jobs for the people of Wallsend in the process. But critics have reacted angrily, saying the move would have the effect of turning the town into a "scrap yard" and...

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